Science & Space

• New Scientist2026-10-13✓ Read

  Dinosaur named new species 102 years after fossil found on Isle of Wight

  Invictibellatrix amberina, a predator in the megaraptoran group of dinosaurs, lived in what is now Britain 120 million years ago and may have had claws 20 centimetres long

  
• NASASpaceFlight.com2026-10-13✓ Read

  Launch Preview: Falcon 9, ZhuQue-2E to launch during quiet week

  This week features a relatively quiet launch manifest, with SpaceX’s workhorse Falcon 9 comprising much

  
• Universe Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  Hypernovae May Be All Hype, No Nova

  Astrophysicists think that hypernovae are the most powerful stellar explosions in the Universe. They're the most explosive type of core-collapse supernova. But the evidence for them is not voluminous, and new research pokes holes in it, pointing out that hypernovae may not actually exist.

  
• Are We There Yet?2026-10-13✓ Read

  Science on the space station and Maragret Hamilton’s legacy

  A resupply mission is on its way to the International Space Station after launching Tuesday. What science is in store for the crew? Plus, a look at Margaret Hamilton’s career at NASA, a woman whose contributions helped land the first astronauts on the moon.

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer

  NASA engineer and astronaut Christina Koch will serve as the agency’s acting deputy chief engineer beginning on Sunday, Nov. 1, following the retirement of Katherine Van Hooser, who will conclude more than 35 years of distinguished service to the agency on Wednesday, Oct. 21. In her new role, Koch will help lead NASA’s engineering community,

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  Comparing Off-World Rover Driving Distances

  Description This infographic illustrates the distances driven by various rovers on the surface of Earth’s Moon and Mars. Of the vehicles shown, the NASA Mars rovers Perseverance and Curiosity are still operational and moving across the surface; the figures shown for those two are distances driven as of Oct. 11, 2026. As of that date,

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  NASA’s Record-Setting Perseverance Rover Team

  Description Members of NASA’s Perseverance Mars mission team gather in the Mars Yard at the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California with a certificate from Guinness World Records marking the rover distance record on the Red Planet. Positioned in front of the team is OPTIMISM (Operational Perseverance Twin for Integration of Mechanisms and Instruments

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  Perseverance Navcam Image Marks Record Drive

  Description Rover tracks and a rocky Martian landscape are shown in this image captured by one of the navigation cameras (navcams) aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on Oct. 11, 2026, the 2,006th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. During that sol’s drive, spanning 299.6 feet (91.31 meters), the mission passed a major milestone: pushing Perseverance’s total

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  Transporter-18 SmallSats Encapsulation

  Three NASA-supported small spacecraft, along with many commercial payloads, are shown before being encapsulated in a SpaceX Falcon 9 ahead of launch on Oct.

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  JOB OPPORTUNITIES: NASA OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

  1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) View all current NASA job openings at USAJobs Vacancy Announcement for Chief Counsel at NASA Glenn Research Center

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  Voyager Technologies’ Griffin-1 Completes Environmental Testing at NASA JPL

  Description A lunar lander from Voyager Technologies completed nearly three months of environmental testing at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California in late September 2026. The tests demonstrate that the spacecraft is prepared to face the harsh conditions of launch, its journey to the Moon, and landing on the surface. Its final trial was

  
• Universe Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  A Red Dwarf is Taking its Time Eating a Brown Dwarf

  Astronomers detected an unusual triangular light curve about 300 light years away. They were searching for Black Widow Binaries, where a dense neutron star eats its companion. But they found something different: an M dwarf slowly eating its binary companion brown dwarf.

  
• New Scientist2026-10-13✓ Read

  Brain training shows promise for short-term depression relief

  Training that encourages people to alter their brain's activity seems to reduce negative emotions among people with depression, but not in the way researchers expected

  
• Science News2026-10-13✓ Read

  To turn invisible, we need to tweak the path light travels

  Turning invisible is a handy superpower in fiction — we don’t see you, Sue Storm! — but the technology to make it work in real life has a way to go.

  
• Scott Manley [YouTube]2026-10-13Video✓ Read

  What Is NASA Doing With Its Old Blackbird?

  Check out The Book https://mdsh.io/w62akhv7ol and use code SCOTTMANLEY10 for 10% off. #thebook #hungrymindsbooks #howtorebuildcivilization #hungryminds #hungrymindsthebook So, what is NASA up to with their SR-71? It's worth reading this article if you want to know more? https://www.twz.com/air/former-sr-71-engineer-talks-nasas-blackbird-revival-program Follow me on Twitter for more updates: https://twitter.com/DJSnM I have a discord server where I regularly turn up: https://discord.gg/zStmKbM If you really like what I do you can support me directly through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/scottmanley

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• Universe Today2026-10-13✓ Read

  ESA’s Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November

  In just one more month, the European Space Agency’s Hera mission will make history. Moving at 12 kilometers per second versus Earth, the mission is about to rendezvous with the binary Dimorphos-Didymos asteroid pair. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission slammed into Dimorphos in 2022, and now Hera will provide a follow up view of the mission’s resulting handiwork.

  
• NASASpaceflight [YouTube]2026-10-13Video✓ Read

  Rising from the ashes...to vertical - The Flame Trench

  Join us for episode 115 of "The Flame Trench". 🔗 NSF Store: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/shop/ ⚡ Become a member of NSF's channel for exclusive discord access, fast turnaround clips, and other exclusive benefits. Your support helps us continue our 24/7 coverage. Click JOIN above to get started.⚡ 🔍 If you are interested in using footage from this video, please review our content use policy: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ L2 Boca Chica (more clips and photos) from BC's very early days to today. 🔗 https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=47107.0 (Join L2 and support NSF here: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/l2/) #starship #spacex #starbase #staticfire #blueorigin #newglenn LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3 🎵 Intro song: New Way Out by Denis. Licensed via PremiumBeat. LDAPAABJRG2UMCU3 🎵 Music used on streams and in videos is licensed via EpidemicSound: https://share.epidemicsound.com/qvh38e All content copyright NASASpaceflight LLC. All Rights Reserved. For licensing information please visit: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/content-use-policy/ NASASpaceflight (NSF) delivers live rocket launch coverage, breaking spaceflight news, and in-depth reporting from around the world. NASASpaceflight is not affiliated with or does not represent the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). NASA initials used with NASA’s permission. Now in its 20th year, NSF covers all major players in space: SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, ULA, Rocket Lab, Relativity, Arianespace, Firefly, Stoke, Northrop Grumman, and more. From Starship test campaigns at Starbase to crew missions, infrastructure rollouts, and international launches, NSF delivers multi-angle livestreams, on-site reporting, and expert analysis from locations like Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Vandenberg, Wallops, and Starbase.

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• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems: A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective

  For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov Download the PDF version NASA’s Chemical Equilibrium with Applications (CEA) code is a foundational tool for propulsion system analysis. It provides equilibrium chemistry, rocket performance, shock, and detonation calculations used across NASA and the broader aerospace community. NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) Activity

  
• NASA2026-10-13✓ Read

  TB 26-08 Complex Modes in Lightly Damped Structural Systems: A Two-Mode Interaction Perspective

  For more information, contact Joel W. Sills, Langley Research Center, joel.w.sills@nasa.gov Download the PDF version Complex mode shapes can emerge in a linear structure even when overall damping is low. This behavior can occur when two structural modes are closely spaced in frequency and are coupled through nonproportional damping. As the damping interaction increases, the

  
• New Scientist2026-10-13✓ Read

  Cells from your mother could stay in your brain your whole life

  Most people seem to have cells that crossed the placenta from their mother into their developing brain in utero, even if they're now in their 80s

  

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